At the KPI, on the initiative of the General Assembly of the All-Ukrainian Physical Culture and Sports Society “National Council for the Sports Rehabilitation of Defenders of Ukraine”, the training course “Adaptive trainer-instructor for military personnel, war veterans and members of their families” is being introduced within the scope of the Training and Innovation Center for Prosthetics and Rehabilitation of the Kyiv Polytechnic.
Vadym Svyridenko, the authorized representative of the President of Ukraine for the rehabilitation of combatants and the rector of KPI named after Igor Sikorsky and Anatoly Melnychenko signed a memorandum of cooperation. It provides for the creation of conditions for the rehabilitation and socialization of war veterans, their families and the families of the deceased. These are, in particular, measures to restore physical, psychological and social functions and support during social and labor adaptation. The program, which was developed jointly with the teachers of the Faculty of Biomedical Engineering and the Faculty of Sociology and Law of KPI, will train specialists who will provide high-quality services in physical culture and sports rehabilitation and promote the spread of adaptive sports to help veterans return to civilian life as soon as possible.
